Follow the journey of our sweet little micro-preemie Thurston........
When he shall die
Take him and cut him out in little stars
And he will make the face of heav'n so fine
That all the world will be in love with night
And pay no worship to the garish sun.
~William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

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I am a stay at home mom and aspiring vintage seamstress interested in preserving and bringing back vintage fashion through the use of antique patterns. My years of interest include the Edwardian era through the mid 1930's.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

There's no place like home...There's no place like home...There's no place like home....

"Toto, I have a feeling wer'e not in Kansas anymore"

So from the title you can rightly assume that indeed, infact, unbelieveably yes our sweet Thurston is finally home. It has been a very long 260 days, 8 1/2 months, 37 weeks; as long as a full term pregnancy. Its hard for me to fathom that someone who got pregnant when Thurston was first born will be having their baby in the next week or two......I will write all about our experience much further in detail but right now I am just too exhausted in a very wonderful wonderful way but I wanted to leave you with this thought.....

I got to thinking about how this experience has felt very much like the journey that Dorthy went on in OZ. It very much felt like a tornado came and ripped my whole house up into the sky, knocking me out and swirling us into the air, landing in a very strange, dark and unknown world full of mystery and fear, dread and hope, tears of sorrow and of joy. And much like Dorthy, I have met many a Scarecrow, Tinman and Lion along the way as well as confronted scary moments of flying monkeys and witches, fell asleep among the poppies and faced Grand Wizards. And the whole time all I wanted was for our sweet boy to come home. So I donned a pair of ruby slippers, put my hair up in pigtails, closed my eyes and whispered those infamous words, ....and just like that, I awoke to have my sweet sweet boy sleeping in my arms, taking his first home bath, playing with sissy, looking up and seeing all of us together in our cozy home, and enjoying watching Thurston soak up his new environment and realizing that truly, there is just no place like home.

What a wonderful way to begin this holiday season!!Enjoy your miraculous bundle of joy. Yaayy Thurston!!! I can only imagine your relief just you and your baby no more bright NICU lights, nurse reports, and thoughts of wondering when will the day come ITS HEREBest wishes

I could not be any happier for you than I am right now. I love your Oz comparison - so true. What a long journey home and so much for which to be thankful. I know you are going to enjoy every second. You get to hold him on your own couch without the lights and sounds of the NICU, without trying to figure out how long you are able to stay, without the nurses watching over you - just you and your family together at home at last! I know this will be the best holiday season for you ever. I am so, so, so happy to hear this most wonderful news.

Congratulations! That is such wonderful news, Donna! Jason and are are so happy for you and your family. I can only imagine how long and difficult the NICU experience was of you, but now it is over, yay! What a great Thanksgiving blessing.

Wow... Donna, I'm so happy for you and your family. Thurston is a little man with a long story already at such a young age, but his best story is having the family he was born into. Blessing and love to you all.